› added 7 months ago

25

TIL the 1956 Banana Boat Song was based on real life in Jamaica, where workers would load ships during the cool night hours, then wait at dawn for their work to be counted so they could go home.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oyp7 TIL Hydrocodone (Vicodin) is no longer available for medical use in most of the world, dating as far back as the 60`s, due to its habit forming side effects. Except in the US where it is available, and classified in a low narcotic category.
Bgw5D TIL the Town of Ixonia, Wisconsin Was Named by “Pulling Letters From a Hat Until a Name Was Formed”. It is the Only Town in the USA With This Name.
QJwQM TIL early puberty is a hereditary genetic condition. In one writer’s case, it meant growing pubic hair when he was only 2: “I Was a 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body”
neJYo TIL 536 was the worst year to be alive in the history of mankind
QJJaa TIL In order to preserve important anagrams & acronyms in the Harry Potter series, the names of various things & people differ by language. For example, in the French translation, Tom Marvolo Riddle is called Tom Elvis Jedusor—an anagram for "Je suis Voldemort.”